Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-02
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
A Glorious Celebration of ThankschriS- |
years with New Song and Lots al
Cider.

In accordance with the resolution adopt
ed at the last regular meeting, Paradise
Hall was thrown open last night to the
members of the club, and upwards OF POO
assembled to help honor the occasion.
Some five years since the club adopted the
idea of consolidating Thanksgiving; Christ
mas and New Years into one general hoii,
day, TO be known Is "lhankSchrisy"tIa,
and have ever since maintained 1t. Tins
saves time, trouble and expense
Each member can have his turkey, hang
up his stocking and begin the new year
all in twenty-iOur hours.
"Niy frens, said Brother Gardner, when
the triangle had called the meeting 10 or
der, ",lar am a great difference o! opinion
rs To dc origin OF thauksglyin'. Some say
il was to return thanks to lie Lawd fur HIS
goodness: odderS say 1t was an appntcd
time fur iickin' up de heels artcr dc craps
war all in an dc con huskcd; odderS stu
dat it was 10 get shet oil dc surplus
chickens an turicys in dc kcntry. some
folks keep dc day by gwinc on a spree; cd
ders by gwinc to church. | find dat no two
races an skccrcely any two rcliguh' a@Ec'
as to de origin oil Christmas. Car
New Var comes on dc first OF Jmu-
arv, the Chinese have one to please der
selves: dc Roosians am six or eight weeks
of: Arabs cotch it when dcy Kin.
1t am mixed up affair all around, an. 10
settle all disputes We has adopted Thanks
chrisycars rs our holiday. We am strtin
dat dis holiday comes once var; 1t comes
when cider am at its best, an poSSums ~
persimmons am dc iIttest; lis origin am
not buried in de depths OF obscur!iy, but
stands out cl'ar rs Il red nose on a states
mans face. take great pleasure IN IN
lormin' you dat dc day has bin accepted
an adopted by de Guild race in general IN
dc United States an Canada, an dat all
signs pint to its airly adopshun by de white
race
The Glec Club then rendered the follow
ing Words by Hon. Skytu,tIs Johnslng
music b. WaydOwn Becbc:
on, dc winter il am hcah, al lie SHOW am lil-
lin.
An de posics of the summer am 40 longer in
view.
De voice Of The gandcr an no longer heard
IN lie iroaen mud ct winter has replaced dc
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Aunt DInaI' $ ewinc TO roast the biggest Kind o.
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ThankscHrty AR has "rro'e iuF 10 maze Us al ''
-, 10 6ri.. ,,rirrfr, nm I,au' ynu ID, arr,id.
De table, loaded down. an de stockin's-oA' by
E"t'L c,,,, H.. ,l.;l...r. ann
All u Ji.iS5"yrJ
CHORUS
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ne S,S,"AG svt Ia, las. @ rasrrI iii dew may
bc obcrdun:
Come brcderen an sisters an gather round de
r 9;am! III, IL ,fc,ri,ic. Inf dow may .ni,y
de fun.
CHORUS.
1t received the hcarticst applause and
had to be repeated before the audience
would let 20.
Sir Isaac Walpole was then invited to
address the meeting, and after some hest
tatiOn he got his Sttf leg under nm IN
shape to help hold him up, and said:
My lrems, tomorrow we begin n new
var, glttin at least a week de start OF
white folks. | trust that cherry puSson IN
dis ball tonight VIII go nome via deter
minashun to make some change III ms He
for de better IL dar am any thieves
among you let all such resolve to stop
stealth. If dar am any burglars, resolve
to stop burgIin'. De liars should cease
lynn, an de dead-bcats should resolve tn
bOrry 10 NOR money nor beg any NOR
terbacker; make dat resoIusmn not iur
day, or week, or a month, but iur ar,
an sot your loot down dat yon won
break it under any circumstances.
1--WE can eNpeck 10 be periecK pN i
long ways, but let us resolve to he as per
iccll rs we kin. Our aim should he to I'M
prove ourselves eachy'ar, instead OF stand
! in still still or rollln down MI. % I'i
rs | kin personally Encourage any one oi
| you | shall cheertnily do so, onlcSS 1t nap
pens to be de Pusson who walked OIL VIC
my bone-handled umherella at de laN
meetln'. Dat Individual am, III my he
! lief, beyond de lnllDOencc OF good, ana II
case | disklbcr his cOgnomcn an KIN sue
coed in mectin' him III an alley, dlr' vii
be a rumpus to shake de hull State o.
Michigan
Trustee Pullback exhibited considcra
bic agitation rs he rose mp, and 1t was
long minute before he could control Ia
voice to say:
Il had been bad, bad man. J ha
murdered several puSSons, burned mousse
an barns, an, committed many thrils an
burgaricS. Within the last ten minute
has firmly resolved to turn over 4 hc'
leaf an become better man. | come t
dis meetIn' tonight intending to sot M
but has been brought to realize what
safe. / hope that all nv f,Ilow-murdcrers
an embczzIc.s in dis club will jinc vie
me tonight IN walkin de road that lead
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